Is DOM legal in Brazil?
- Legal status
- DOM (STP) is a proscribed psychotropic on List F2 of ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 (listed as 2,5-dimetoxi-alfa,4-dimetilfenetilamina), Brazil's transposition of DOM's individual Schedule I listing under the 1971 UN Convention.
- Consequences if caught
- Trafficking is punished under Art. 33 of Law 11.343/2006 (5-15 years); personal use under Art. 28 attracts non-custodial educational/administrative measures.
- If prescribed or medical
- List F2: prohibited psychotropic with no medical use; not prescribable.
- Documentation
- Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998, Lista F2 (substancias psicotropicas de uso proscrito).
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